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Dow surges on tax reform optimism

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The Dow surging as more tax reform optimism hits Wall Street. Plus, why are investors so wary of this market, but eager to buy bitcoin? We discuss. And media stocks are in focus this week with Fox and Disney close to a huge deal, and our parent Verizon getting on the gridiron. And, getting started with options? We have some tips to get those first trades in.

Winners and losers

Stocks in the red include bluebird bio as the pharma name announced a secondary offering of $600 million, Spark Therapeutics we highlighted the drugmaker yesterday following disappointing clinical results, today shares were downgraded to ‘neutral’ at UBS, and Mattel – not a merry holidays for toymaker as it sees fourth-quarter sales to be hit by suppliers tightening up inventory and by underperforming brands.

Stocks in the green include Boeing as – surprise surprise – it will hike its dividend and buy back $18 billion shares as tax reform barrels through DC, (FS) Helios and Matheson as Moviepass, which it owns, struck a deal with Costco to offer a one-year subscription plan for a flat fee of $89.99, and (FS) Tesla – shares chugging higher as PepsiCo revealed it reserved 100 of Tesla’s new Semi trucks, the largest pre-order to date.

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